06112022-JTR-01.qxd 11/6/2022 12:04 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE DIASPORA SEEKS DIRECT FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA TO AMRITSAR A delegation of the North American Punjabi Association has demanded direct flight from California to Amritsar. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY PAGE 2 PAGE 3 TRUE CRIME SERIES CATCH VIEWERS’ FANCY ON OTT YUVRAJ ANNOUNCES UPCOMING SPORTS DRAMA SERIES SIXER Amid renewed interest in true crime, OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime have a lot to offer for fans. MAX 30°C | MIN 18°C | YESTERDAY MAX 30°C | MIN 15°C SUNSET SUNDAY 5:32 PM PAGE 4 Ex-Indian Cricket icon and king of sixers, Yuvraj Singh announced the series launch, set to premiere on November 11. SUNRISE MONDAY 6:41 AM SUNDAY | 6 NOVEMBER 2022 | JALANDHAR Sena leaders protest against Amritsar police SEA OF DEVOTION: Devotees pay obeisance at Palki Sahib during the nagar kirtan to mark the Gurpurb of Guru Nanak Dev in Jalandhar on Saturday; and children participate in the procession. PHOTOS: SARABJIT SINGH Nagar kirtan passes off peacefully amid bandh call Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 5 Amid the Punjab bandh call over the murder of Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri in Amritsar, the traffic movement and markets in the city remained unaffected on Saturday. All markets and shops in INBRIEF SEXAGENARIAN DIES BY SUICIDE Phagwara: A 63-year-man died by suicide on Thursday night. Investigating officer (IO) Daljit Singh said the deceased had been identified as Chain Singh, a resident of Saido Wal. Major Singh, a cousin of the deceased, told the police that Chain had consumed sulphas tablets as he was mentally unwell. The police have registered a case and handed over the body to the family following a post-mortem examination. oc FIVE BOOKED FOR KIDNAPPING YOUTH Phagwara: The Shahkot police have booked five persons on the charges of assaulting and kidnapping a youth. Investigating officer (IO) Aatamjit Singh said the accused are Harprit Singh, and Mithu and their three unidentified accomplices. Pardeep Kumar, a resident of Malsian, told the police that the accused had barged Jaskaran Singh Bhullar's shop, assaulted him, before kidnapping him. The IO said a case has been registered against the accused under Sections 323, 324, 45, 364, 506, 148 and149 of the IPC have been registered against the accused. OC MAN BOOKED FOR TORTURING WIFE Phagwara: On a complaint lodged by Kartar Estate resident Manju Manchanda, the police have registered a case under Section 498-A of the IPC against her husband Kamal Manchanda, on the charge of torturing the complainant physically and mentally. He was allegedly demanding more from her in dowry. No arrest has been made yet. OC the city remained opened. There was no hindrance to the traffic owing to bandh in the day time. All educational institutions, however, remained closed as Deputy Commissioner Jaspreet Singh had yesterday ordered a holiday for today in view of the nagar kirtan pro- grammes being held in connection with the Gurpurb. A handful of Shiv Sena leaders, including men and women, gathered at BMC Chowk this morning carrying banners in the name of slain leader Sudhir Suri. They, however, announced they would not force any Heavy security for smooth passage bandh in the city. The route of the nagar kirtan, however, remained blocked past this afternoon. Even though the entire route of the nagar kirtan along all chowks of the city starting from PNB Chowk to Jyoti Chowk and other connecting intersections upto Patel Chowk remained blocked, the maximum gathering was noted at Patel Chowk where SIkh activist Amritpal Singh was scheduled to arrive. The activist, however, was detained in Moga to avoid communal tension and his visit had to be cancelled. Heavy security remained deployed for the smooth passage of nagar kirtan as the city police was on high alert after the Amritsar incident. Police personnel in uniform and in civil remained deployed till the nagar kirtan reached back gurdwara in Gobindgarh locality near here. Stalls of jalebis, milk, tea, fruits, pakoras and snacks were arranged for the devotees. Several participating jathas recited hymns of Guru Nanak. Jalandhar, November 5 Members of the Shiv Sena today held a protest against the Amritsar police in Jalandhar over the murder of party leader Sudhir Suri on Friday. Sena supporters burnt photographs of the Amritsar Police Commissioner Arun Pal Singh and raised slogans against him as they gathered at BMC Chowk. They said their two major demands were that Suri be accorded martyr status and cases be also filed against police personnel deputed for the security of murdered leader Suri in Amritsar on Friday, who failed to do their job and protect him. They said his body wouldn’t be cremated until the demands were met. Shiv Sena Hind leader Ishant Sharma said: “The murder of the Shiv Sena leader in Amritsar clearly happened due to police negligence. Around 25 cops stood close by as he was shot, but no one did anything. It was a Shiv Sena leader who caught the culprit and his own supporters took him to the hospital. What is the use of security if police could not save him? The man called Amritpal Singh is also sullying state’s atmosphere. We don’t want Punjab’s situation to deteriorate.” — TNS 82-yr-old man living alone Central grant for LPU students’ agri start-up robbed, strangled at home Tribune News Service VENTURE AIMS AT HELPING ONE CRORE FARMERS Hands were tied to toilet seat, cloth stuffed in mouth Garhshankar, November 5 An 82-year-old man, Dharam Chand, was tied up in the bathroom and killed at night in Ghago Rodawali village of Garhshankar. The locks of the cabinets and almirahs in the house were broken and the unidentified killers took away money from the purse of elderly Dharam Chand. What else had been stolen will be known only after the arrival of the sons of the deceased who are staying abroad. On the statement of the deceased’s son-in-law Harbhajan Lal, the police have started investigation by registering a case against the unidentified killers. Dharam Chand lived alone in his house at Ghago Rodawali village. All three of his sons lived abroad. He was provided food by Dharam Chand the family of Kamaljit son of Gurnam Singh, who lived in the neighborhood. Last night at about quarter past eight, Gurnam Singh went to give food to him, but Dharam Chand was not there, then Gurnam Singh called his son-in-law Harbhajan Lal, a resident of Sadhowal. In half an hour, he reached there with his family and checked all the rooms but Dharam Chand was not found there. They found that a room of Dharam Chand’s son living in America was locked, the people present there uprooted a window and went inside. In the bathroom adjoining the room, Dharam Chand was lying dead. His hands were tied to the toilet seat and a cloth was stuffed in his mouth. There were red marks on the face. The Garhshankar police was informed and they took the body for postmortem. SHO Karnail Singh said the case was being investigated and the accused would be caught soon. A case was registered against unidentified killers under Sections 302 and 201 of the IPC. — OC Govt-aided colleges’ staff write to Mann Jalandhar, November 5 Non-teaching staff members employed at government-aided colleges across Punjab, in a letter to Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, have reiterated some of their long-pending demands. The staff, under the Non Teaching Staff Union of Private Colleges in Punjab, said they have been protesting against the government over the non-fulfillment of their demands for long, but to no avail. They have alleged that the revised house rent allowance and medical allowance have not been implemented for the non-teaching staff members at the government-aided colleges since 2006. The staff members, in the letter, have rued that the ben- WANT HRA, MEDICAL ALLOWANCE REVISED, VACANT POSTS FILLED efit of the revised pay scales for the non-teaching staff is yet to be sanctioned by the Punjab government. “Apart from this, a sanction has been accorded to fill vacant posts of teaching staff in aided colleges in view of a policy formulated by the Department of Education and Finance. However, it has not been implemented for the non-teaching staff. We demand that, along the same lines, a sanction should be accorded to fill the vacant posts of a clerk, a peon, among others,” said Mandeep Singh Bedi, the president of the union. — TNS c m y b Jalandhar, November 5 Three students at the School of Agriculture of Lovely Professional University (LPU) have vowed to help one crore Indian farmers through their online venture “Grow Your Farms”. Incubated at the LPU campus, their venture is providing end-to-end agronomical advisory agricultural inputs solutions at farmers’ doorstep. The students Lakshmi Narayan M of MSc Horticulture, Aruneshwar MGB and Prakash S, both of BSc (Hons) Agriculture, have used futuristic technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Their venture will provide a location and cross-domain solutions to the growing farming community. Ministry of Agriculture and LPU students make farmers aware of latest farm implements. Farmers Welfare has also offered a grant of Rs 5 lakh to the students for the agri-venture under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna - Remu- nerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation scheme. The LPU students’ team is also the youngest team in the country to get selected for this grant. The Government of India aims at strengthening infrastructure in agriculture and allied sectors to promote agrientrepreneurship and agribusiness by providing financial assistence and nurturing the incubation ecosystem. The purpose of the agribusiness incubator at LPU is to inspire, facilitate, mentor, and support young Indian agrientrepreneurs with expertise, and know-how such that they attain sustainability, and become profitable companies. The innovative students shared: “We are prone to see incubation for serious agrientrepreneurs and to further lead them to global success.” Besides, LPU’s School of Agriculture is the first private school accredited by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.